From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
To: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:46:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d8a02cfd-2250-44ce-b559-dbec742b7cdf@iee.email> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190823181545.GA14048@archbookpro.localdomain>
On 23/08/2019 19:15, Denton Liu wrote:
>> Having said that, I suspect that in the longer term, people would
>> want to see this new behaviour with a bit of tweak become the new
>> default.
>>
>> The "tweak" I suspect is needed is to behave sensibly when "the
>> first line" ends up to be too long a subject. Whether we make this
>> the new default or keep this optional, the issue exists either way.
> The reason why I chose to make this an "opt-in" option was because there
> currently doesn't exist a standard on how to write branch descriptions
> like there does for commit messages (i.e. subject then body, subject
> less than x characters). However, against best practices, some
> developers like to have really long subjects. As a result, there's no
> "real" way of telling whether the first paragraph is a long subject or a
> short paragraph.
>
> As a result, we should allow the cover subject to be read from the
> branch description only if the developer explicitly chooses this (either
> with `--infer-cover-subject` the config option). This way, we won't have
> to deal with the ambiguity of deciding whether or not the first
> paragraph is truly a subject and stepping on users' toes if we end up
> deciding wrong.
>
> Thoughts?
Perhaps the `--infer-cover-subject` the config option needs to be
multi-valued to include:
"subject" (always expect short first lines) or
"message" (always the long paragraph description, still use
***Subject Here***),
with the "true" being used when expecting both as previously
described.
--
Philip
As an aside, for format-patch to learn a --branch-version option that
creates a branch with the '-vN' suffix to the current branch when the
-vN option is used would be a useful addition (as long as the formatted
refs are first parent to the current branch). #todo list #leftoverbits
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-23 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-19 23:52 [PATCH v2 0/4] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option Denton Liu
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] t4014: clean up style Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:41 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:44 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:07 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] config/format.txt: make clear the default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-20 2:47 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-19 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-letter option Denton Liu
2019-08-20 3:46 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-20 21:31 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:18 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:31 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-20 19:04 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-21 18:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-20 7:19 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option Denton Liu
2019-08-21 19:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 18:15 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-23 18:46 ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2019-08-23 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:03 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-24 13:59 ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-26 14:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 14:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 16:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-22 20:18 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup) Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 18:19 ` Denton Liu
2019-08-23 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:25 ` [PATCH 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:26 ` [PATCH 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 08/13] t4014: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-08-26 0:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 09/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 10/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 11/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 12/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-26 15:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 16:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-24 8:27 ` [PATCH 13/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-08-24 8:28 ` [PATCH 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-08-26 15:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 " Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test cases Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] t4014: s/expected/expect/ Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] t4014: move closing sq onto its own line Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:04 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] t4014: use sq for test case names Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] t4014: remove spaces after redirect operators Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] t4014: use indentable here-docs Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] t4014: drop redirections to /dev/null Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] t4014: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] t4014: use test_line_count() where possible Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading() Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] t4014: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] Doc: add more detail for git-format-patch Denton Liu
2019-08-27 4:05 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetter Denton Liu
2019-09-04 11:21 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] format-patch: clean up tests and documentation Denton Liu
2019-09-05 19:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-05 21:40 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] format-patch: learn --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] format-patch: remove erroneous and condition Denton Liu
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] format-patch: use enum variables Denton Liu
2019-10-12 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 19:12 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-12 2:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-11 19:23 ` [PATCH v4 4/3] fixup! " Denton Liu
2019-10-12 4:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] format-patch: learn " Junio C Hamano
2019-10-14 20:46 ` [PATCH v5 " Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:46 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] format-patch: change erroneous and condition Denton Liu
2019-10-15 2:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-15 3:45 ` Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] format-patch: use enum variables Denton Liu
2019-10-14 20:47 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option Denton Liu
2019-10-15 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
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